Enterprising minds at work in Navan

Budding entrepreneurs from schools around the county showed off their business skills at the county final of the Student Enterprise Awards hosted by Meath County Enterprise Board at Navan Town Centre on Tuesday 28th February. The competition is sponsored nationally by the County and City Enterprise Boards and, to take part, students had to set up their own business - either manufacturing or service - had to make it work and make a profit. Some 70 enterprising students representing 20 different businesses from 10 of the county's second-level schools took part in the Enterprise Board-sponsored Meath round and the first place winners in each category will now go forward to represent royal county at the national final in Croke Park on Wednesday 18th April. Students had to set up a display, prepare a business report and were adjudicated under headings such as innovation, market research, business performance and personal development.